Ready To Eat Catering

Catering & Fresh meals made daily delivered right to you!

(212) 229-1013

525 Hudson Street (West 10th Street)
New York, NY 10014 40.734 -74.0063

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Neighborhoods: West Village, Downtown

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Last updated 10.17.11

Category:

Restaurants, Catering, Cafes

Payment Methods:

American Express, Discover, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Lunch Spot, Food Delivery

Food Store Products:

Gourmet Foods

What People Are Saying About Ready To Eat Catering

The Owner

Ready To Eat Catering

Owner

READY TO EAT prepares inventive, affordable cuisine for discerning clients at the office, at home, Catering, and at special events. Partners Judy Schiff and Stephen Hoerz craft delicious food daily for the READY TO EAT retail store in the West Village, with an imaginative menu, daily special, weeklong themes emphasizing seasonal produce, and both traditional and innovative holiday offerings.

READY TO EAT offers catering for all occasions, from small gatherings at home and milestone events like birthdays and anniversaries, to office events, trade show buffets, diplomatic functions, photoshoots, and more. Choose from our very popular (and anything but) standard menus, or from custom menus that we'll develop with you to please your palate and your purse. In addition to our delicious food, we will arrange rentals, staff and accessories. Our goal is to make entertaining easy.

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Featured Review

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Dine-in, takeout, delivery and catering; menu ranges from grilled Atlantic salmon to turkey club. Catering served in platters or buffet.

ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “And the bartender was fun!”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Their wraps and desserts look amazing although I've never tried them.”
  2. “We had appetizers of little crab cakes, and lamb kebabs, each with its own special dipping sauce; for main course, from the "fancy buffet" we had a large, luscious filet of beef, shrimps in a brandy sauce, the most fabulous roast potatoes you've ever had,”
  3. “The food and the dessert were amazing , but their filet mignon was deligtful the same as their steamed vegtabeles.”
drinks
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. “that was amazing, with delicious food, great service, fine bar, great”
  2. “Maybe cocktails and cold cuts go great together, but I just could not take the chance of being so off the mark one week before the party.”
  3. “Great hors d'oevres, platters and bar service, and professional and friendly set-up, clean-up and service, Joseph, the catering director is patient, creative and loevely to work with.”
food quality
100.0% positive
  1. “Needed delicious food, with great service staff that wouldn't need hand-holding.”
  2. “Paul-Owner has an amazing taste, I was impressed by every thing he created from the dishes presentation, his fresh ingredients, to his reasonable prices.”
  3. “that was amazing, with delicious food, great service, fine bar, great”
  4. “Wonderful food, terrific service”
  5. “had used them before to cater a cocktail party and we also take out food from their shop so I knew the food was spectacular, but I had never used the "full" service with dish/glass rentals and servers.”
  6. “And to cap it all off, the food was delicious.”
  7. “The food and the dessert were amazing , but their filet mignon was deligtful the same as their steamed vegtabeles.”
  8. “We had appetizers of little crab cakes, and lamb kebabs, each with its own special dipping sauce; for main course, from the "fancy buffet" we had a large, luscious filet of beef, shrimps in a brandy sauce, the most fabulous roast potatoes you've ever had,”
  9. “Great hors d' oeuvres; Mushroom Qusadillas with Jalapeno & Cheddar, Sesame Lamb Kebabs were delicious & the Mushroom Truffle Risotto in a Crisp Phyllo Flower and Roquefort & Mascarpone Bundles were sooo tasty!”
  10. “of the most delicious hours devours.”
  11. “The team and Ready to Eat managed to arrange a beautiful spread for a fundraiser at very short notice, and the eats were delicious, tasty, fresh and unique.”
  12. “You can get a sandwich or you can get fresh poached salmon with grean beans and mashed potatoes.”
  13. “the food was top notch and the 2 servers were unbelievably professional and intuitive when it came to the needs of guests.”
  14. “We used Joseph's recommendations and everything tasted fresh, healthy, and delicious.”
  15. “The food was superb!”
  16. “Everything is fresh and made that day.”
  17. “the quality of the food is terrific and the seasonings and preparation are what i want in high quality catered and take out food.”
  18. “Great food and amazing catering service”
  19. “My guests raved about everything - delicious food -- and lots of it, great variety, beautifully presented.”
  20. “thank them for their wonderful food and service.”
  21. “He helped put together the menu which was uniformly delicious.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “The menu is scrumptious, the waiters are uber-helpful and Joseph in particular has the patience of Job and the creativity of.”
  2. “He helped put together the menu which was uniformly delicious.”
  3. “They have catered my holiday party for the last three years and my guests are always as happy with the menu as they are with the waitstaff.”
  4. “can't rave enough about the job they did: they expertly guided me through menu choices, the rentals were delivered on time and in spotless condition, the servers showed up right on time and were so professional and efficient that I did absolutely nothin”
  5. “My guests raved about everything - delicious food -- and lots of it, great variety, beautifully presented.”
  6. “Just got married in Manhattan and had Ready to Eat cater the event, after an extensive search.”
service
100.0% positive
  1. “had to organize a corporate event and needed an excellent catering service.”
  2. “Great Catering Service w/ a very friendly and helpful Catering Director”
  3. “Great hors d'oevres, platters and bar service, and professional and friendly set-up, clean-up and service, Joseph, the catering director is patient, creative and loevely to work with.”
  4. “The wait staff Paul sent over were perfect- helpful, polite and hard working.”
  5. “had used them before to cater a cocktail party and we also take out food from their shop so I knew the food was spectacular, but I had never used the "full" service with dish/glass rentals and servers.”
  6. “thank them for their wonderful food and service.”
  7. “The servers and delivery driver were nice & always went above & beyond.”
  8. “The menu is scrumptious, the waiters are uber-helpful and Joseph in particular has the patience of Job and the creativity of.”
  9. “Great food and amazing catering service”
  10. “can't rave enough about the job they did: they expertly guided me through menu choices, the rentals were delivered on time and in spotless condition, the servers showed up right on time and were so professional and efficient that I did absolutely nothin”
  11. “the food was top notch and the 2 servers were unbelievably professional and intuitive when it came to the needs of guests.”
  12. “We love the staff, who were flexible and engaging and took care of everything.”
  13. “Needed delicious food, with great service staff that wouldn't need hand-holding.”
  14. “that was amazing, with delicious food, great service, fine bar, great”
  15. “They even recommended servers for our event.”
  16. “Myra was great, unfront, no nonsense and friendly.”
  17. “Wonderful food, terrific service”
  18. “The wait staff was perfect!”
  19. “And the bartender was fun!”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “And their prices are totally reasonable.”
  2. “Did I mention the reasonable prices?”
  3. “Paul-Owner has an amazing taste, I was impressed by every thing he created from the dishes presentation, his fresh ingredients, to his reasonable prices.”
4 Star Rating: Recommended

06/23/11

not a fake rewiew lmao!

by JustBeachyNY

Its so small its easy to pass, but don't pass it by! to hear there are fake reviews, I'm a real person who ate there tonight with my hubby and wanted to leave a nice review. Food was tasty and fresh which is what we always look for. He had the seafood salad which had plenty of shrimp in it. I had the mozz/pesto tomato sandwich cibatta (half price guess due to the hour), tasted great. Also had the couscous cranberry walnut and scallion side dish AMAZING! I want to make it!

Only down side is the place is tiny and tables are jammed next to each other. But most people look like they take it to go.

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/21/11

Fake Reviews Left Here!

by Linda Gold

This company has left nearly ALL the reviews here for their own company! Shame on you, Joseph!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/24/11

Wonderful Catered DInner

by MBRipp

We recently used Ready To Eat for a 15-person work dinner and were so pleased with our experience. Joseph worked with us on our specific needs regarding delivery, setup, and menu. We got many compliments from our guests about the food and were so pleased with how it turned out. We will definitely be using Ready To Eat again!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/27/10

Outstanding Caterer

by urban chalk

I catered a birthday party for 23 guests. Working with Joseph to plan the menu was easy and fun. He had great suggestions. The 4 appetizers including the lamb kebabs and scallops wrapped in bacon were delicious. The cheese platter and the cold buffet - chicken and salmon were presented beautifully. The 4 sides including sesame noodles were awesome. All the guests raved about the food! Thank you Joseph for making this party so special. I look forward to planning another event in the future catered by Ready to Eat.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/30/10

A Delicious Evening

by daryl boren

Joseph, the evening was perfect. The food was plentiful and delicious. Your staff was incredible. Darryl (love the name), Spiro and Justine were personable, professional and simply put, perfect. They made our evening as much a delight for us as for our guests.

Cocktails on the roof worked out great. And, D, S and J made everything look effortless. Honestly, I felt as if I were at a posh NYC event space.

Both Joe (my husband) and I look forward to working with all of you again. We just have to come up with an event ;-)

Thank you for all of your attention to detail. You certainly got the evening off to the right start from the beginning.

Daryl Boren

The Details on Ready To Eat Catering

Place Categories:

  • great food
  • never full catering service
  • helpful catering director
  • tasted fresh everything
  • delicious eats
  • unbelievably professional servers
  • tasted fresh recommendations
  • always as happy guests
  • reasonable prices
  • perfect wait staff
  • professional joseph
  • professional cleanup
  • professional setup
  • uniformly delicious menu
  • amazing dessert
  • great myra
  • full traditional dinner
  • sooo tasty mushroom truffle risotto
  • most delicious hours devours
  • great cocktails
  • fresh ingredients
  • sick kids
  • luscious filet
  • delicious sesame lamb kebabs
  • cold cuts

Message from Ready To Eat Catering

  • Catering any event
  • Made to order meals
  • Eat-In

READY TO EAT prepares inventive, affordable cuisine for discerning clients at the office, at home, Catering, and at special events. Partners Judy Schiff and Stephen Hoerz craft delicious food daily for the READY TO EAT retail store in the West Village, with an imaginative menu, daily special, weeklong themes emphasizing seasonal produce, and both traditional and innovative holiday offerings.

READY TO EAT offers catering for all occasions, from small gatherings at home and milestone events like birthdays and anniversaries, to office events, trade show buffets, diplomatic functions, photoshoots, and more. Choose from our very popular (and anything but) standard menus, or from custom menus that we'll develop with you to please your palate and your purse. In addition to our delicious food, we will arrange rentals, staff and accessories. Our goal is to make entertaining easy.

Ready To Eat Catering
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